Identifying the poor
Subtitle: using subjective and consensual measures
By: Karel van den Bosch.
Publisher: Burlington, VT; Ashgate
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hampshire, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 445
Subjects: Poor -- Identification.; Poverty -- Research -- Evaluation.; Cost and standard of living.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 417-445).
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 Defining and MeasuringPoverty; title: What is poverty?; title: Poverty measures currently used in empirical research; title: Conclusion X; title: 2 Consensual Income Methods; title: Introduction and overview; title: The relativity of the consensual income threshold; title: Variation in the consensual income amounts; title: Income equivalence; title: The meaning of "getting along"; title: Some results for Belgium; title: Summary and conclusions; title: Appendix 2.1 A re-analysis of consensual income amounts; title: time series; title: 3 The Consensual Standard of Living Approach; title: Introduction and a cross-country comparison; title: Factors influencing people's perception of necessities in; title: Britain and Belgium; title: Perceptions of necessity of different items: are they related?; title: Factors influencing the total number of necessities; title: Stability in time of perceptions of necessity in Belgium; title: Summary and conclusions; title: i it; title: 4 Income Evaluation Methods: A Review; title: Introduction; title: The SPL and LPL methods; title: Main results: a review; title: The effects of other variables: a review; title: -; title: -R; title: eference group-effects-; title: The income concept in the mind of the respondent; title: 5 Income Evaluation Methods: Empirical Results for Belgium; title: Introduction; title: Quality, reliability and construct validity of the answers to the; title: IEQ and the MIQ; title: Empirical determinants of income evaluations; title: Equivalence scales, income thresholds and low-income rates; title: Appendix 5.1 Details on sample design and calculation of; title: standard errors; title: 6 Interpretation, Validity and Usefulness of the Income; title: Evaluation Method; title: Introduction; title: Is the IEQ a cardinal measure of welfare?; title: Interpersonal comparability of the answers to the income; title: evaluation questions; title: Income evaluations as indicators of a social consensus; title: Income evaluations as indirect measures of welfare; title: Reliability and validity of the answers to the MIQ and IEQ; title: Validity of the equivalence scales produced by the income; title: evaluation approach: why are they so flat?; title: Validity and usefulness of the SPL and LPL income; title: thresholds; title: Conclusion: interpretation, validity and usefulness of the; title: income evaluation approach; title: 7 The Income Satisfaction Method; title: Introduction; title: Derivation of equivalence scales and poverty thresholds; title: Overview of other studies; title: Specification of the relationship between household income; title: and income satisfaction; title: Quality, reliability and validity of income satisfaction; title: measures; title: A probit model of income satisfaction; title: Equivalence scales and income thresholds; title: Tne-'-rosy-outlook' e-ffect-; title: Random measurement error in household income; title: Income satisfaction and reference income; title: Satisfaction from income and the evaluation of income:; title: different concepts?; title: Summary and conclusion; title: 8 Summary and Conclusions; title: Introduction; title: The definition and measurement of poverty; title: The consensual income method; title: The consensual standard-of-living approach; title: The income evaluation approach; title: The income satisfaction method; title: Concluding remarks; title: Bibliography.